The new models will finish a story that originally started 60 years ago.

In all 25 XKSS models were due to be delivered to American owners in the late 1950S but just 16 were completed after nine were destroyed in a major fire which caused devastation at Jaguar’s Browns Lane factory in Coventry.

After the hat-trick of wins, in January 1957 Jaguar supremo Sir Williams Lyons decided to convert the remaining 25 D-types into road-going versions with several external modifications - creating the world’s first supercar.

Jaguar XKSS

When it comes to the most expensive cars yet sold at auction a Ferrari tops the list, followed by a Mercedes-Benz Formula One car.

In top spot is a Ferrari 250 GTO. Built in 1962, only 36 of which were made.

This particular one, made specifically for Formula One racer Sir Stirling Moss, sold for £29,312,466 in 2012.